title: [Role of hormonal profile in adjusting therapy for prostate cancer].
abstract: Changes in testosterone, prolactin and estradiol levels were evaluated vis-a-vis outcome and different patterns of androgen suppression--continuous androgen blockade or intermittent therapy--for prostate cancer patients. There was a significant difference between pre- (3.4 +/- 0.5 mM/l) and post- (1.0 +/- 0.3 mM/l) treatment levels of testosterone in cases of tumor progression and that in patients with positive response--(9.1 +/- 0.6 mM/l) and (4.3 +/- 0.4 mM/l), respectively. Relatively low levels of testosterone involved tumor progression. Prolactin level was significantly higher in patients with multiple distant metastases--(18.6 +/- 1.2 microg/l) and isolated foci--(9.5 +/- 0.8 microg/l) while tumor progression was associated with enhancing correlation with PSA concentration. It was established that prolactin level can be used as a criterion for resumption or discontinuation of intermittent therapy. Estradiol dynamics was similar to that of prolactin. The difference between pre- (172.9 +/- 9.8 pM/l) and post- (246.5 +/- 12.8 pM/l) treatment levels of estradiol in cases of tumor progression was significantly higher than that in patients with positive response (85.0 +/- 3.8 pM/l) and (76.9 +/- 4.4 pM/l), respectively.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Granov
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Molchanov
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Karelin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000726:Androgen Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018450:Disease Progression; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000726:Androgen Antagonists; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol; D011388:Prolactin